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Navigating Change for Women in Micronesia
Pacific Women Lead Publications
The inaugural Micronesian Women’s Conference was held in August 2017 in RMI with the theme ‘Navigating Change’. Participants identified opportunities and challenges in progressing gender...
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Inspiring, Developing and Empowering Women in Business
Pacific Women Lead Publications
Members of the Solomon Islands Women in Business Association (SIWIBA) have worked together since 2004 to develop opportunities and support networks for women in business. With a focus on...
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Creating Safe Spaces for Pacific Women at International Events
Pacific Women Lead Publications
Pacific Women supports the We Rise Coalition, a group of four feminist organisations working to develop inclusive governance, equality, diversity, justice and women’s human rights....
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Drawing on Evidence to Design Effective Support for Women’s Leadership
Pacific Women Lead Publications
The pathway for women to political leadership in Samoa is through a unique governance system that incorporates modern democratic principles and the fa’amatai system of community...
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Stories of Rural Women’s Resilience after Tropical Cyclone Gita
Pacific Women Lead Publications
When Tropical Cyclone Gita hit Tonga in February 2018, the Women and Children Crisis Centre (WCCC) harnessed the power of the media to share stories of rural Tongan women’s resilience...
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Do No Harm Toolkit
Pacific Women Lead Publications
International Women’s Development Agency (IWDA) has produced a toolkit that enables organisations to apply learning from the Do No Harm research to their project design, implementation...
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Flexible Funding for Women’s Organisations
Pacific Women Lead Publications
There is growing evidence that supporting women’s groups, networks, organisations and the women’s movement is an effective way to bring about gender equality. Pacific Women has...
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Locally Driven Change from Marshallese Women
Pacific Women Lead Publications
Pacific Women partners with WUTMI to support and strengthen Marshallese women and families. WUTMI is an established women’s non-government organisation that works across domestic...
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Gender Affairs Department Representation at the Universal Periodic Review
Pacific Women Lead Publications
The United Nations Universal Periodic Review is a mechanism to examine the human rights performance of its member states. Tuvalu was examined during the 30th session of the Universal...
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The Impact of Intergenerational Dialogue on Gender Equality
Pacific Women Lead Publications
Four feminist organisations formed the We Rise Coalition in 2015 with the aim of growing and upholding inclusive governance, equality, diversity, justice and women’s human rights. The We...
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Value for Money for Support for Women in the Coffee Industry
Pacific Women Lead Publications
Coffee is a major source of farming income in Papua New Guinea. CARE’s Coffee Industry Support Project is improving outcomes for women in the industry. Farmers’ income has increased as a...
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Big Networks for Women Parliamentarians
Pacific Women Lead Publications
The Honourable Maureen Melekitama attended the second Commonwealth Women Parliamentarians Australian Regional Conference hosted by the Victorian Parliament in Melbourne, Australia in...
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A New Service Opens for Survivors of Violence
Pacific Women Lead Publications
The Kiribati Women and Children Support Centre opened in Tarawa in January 2018. It is the first formal counselling and advocacy service for women in the country, filling a gap for...
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Campaigning for Change
Pacific Women Lead Publications
The Women in Leadership Support Program has been working with women intending to contest the 2017 and 2022 national general elections and the 2018 local-level government election in Papua...
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Successful Businesses, Successful Lives
Pacific Women Lead Publications
Pacific Women is supporting the Pacific Community implement the Pacific Women Growing Business project in FSM to scale up women’s businesses by providing training and one-on-one support...
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Analysing Data Through a Gender Perspective
Pacific Women Lead Publications
Gender statistics help governments implement gender mainstreaming policies and support the promotion of gender inclusion in government activities. Pacific Women has invested in training...
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Supporting Government to End Sorcery Accusation - Related Violence
Pacific Women Lead Publications
The Government of Papua New Guinea has adopted a holistic multiple partner approach to ending violence that occurs in response to sorcery accusations through the 2015 Sorcery and...
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The Many Ways Programs Can Be Inclusive of Women and Girls with Disability
Pacific Women Lead Publications
With global data showing that people with disabilities are at a greater risk of experiencing violence, it is important for initiatives aimed at ending violence against women to...
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Formal Qualifications for Women Leaders
Pacific Women Lead Publications
Pacific Women has supported 44 women in Solomon Islands to complete internationally-recognised Certificate IV training in leadership and management through the Australia-Pacific Training...
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Young Women Pursuing Their Leadership Goals
Pacific Women Lead Publications
After finishing Year 8, Jessica Philimon, 16, was forced to drop out of school when hard times fell on her family. Even so, she continued to look for opportunities to grow. With the...